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=Guest Operations=
=Guest Operations=


* [[Linux KVM Virtualization Guest Operations#List_Available_Guests|List available guests]]
* [[Linux KVM Virtualization Guest Operations#List_Available_Guests|List Available Guests]]
 
==List Available Guests==
 
[[virsh list]] [--all]


==Information about a Guest==
==Information about a Guest==

Revision as of 18:06, 3 November 2017

Internal

Commands

virsh
virt-install guestmount guestunmount virt-builder virt-cat virt-filesystems virt-inspector
libguestfs virt-copy-in virt-copy-out virt-customize virt-df virt-diff virt-edit virt-format
virt-log virt-ls virt-make-fs virt-p2v virt-rescue virt-resize virt-sparsify virt-sysprep
virt-tar-out virt-tar-in virt-top virt-v2v virt-viewer virt-what virt-who virt-xml-validate
qemu-img

Guest Operations

Information about a Guest

Start/Stop Guest Virtual Machines

virsh start [--console] <vm-name>
virsh shutdown <vm-name>

Connect to the Guest Virtual Machine

virsh console

Create a Guest Virtual Machine

Can I name a guest "ose36.master", or "environment-name.host-in-environment-name"?. It would be useful in virsh list.

Virtualization host storage and host-level networking must be configured as a prerequisite to creating guest virtual machines. Once storage pools and storage volumes are made available, and the networking is configured, guest virtual machines can be created with

virt-install

If the XML definition of a virtual machine is available, it can be created with:

virsh define

Add Storage to Guests

Adding Storage to Guests

Clone a Guest Virtual Machine

Cloning a Guest Virtual Machine

Snapshot Guest Virtual Machine

Snapshot a Guest Virtual Machine

Virtualization Host Storage Operations

Storage Pool Operations

Storage Volume Operations

Virtualization Host Network Operations